http://community.acer.com/acer/tracker Kyrus Tracker Sat, 15 Nov 2014 16:12:46 GMT 2014-11-15T16:12:46Z http://community.acer.com/t5/Notebooks-Netbooks/Cannot-restore-to-Factory-Defaults/m-p/278628#M43960 <P>Hi,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I am running a Acer Aspire V3 771G notebook.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Due to virus problems I tried to factory restore using the Alt+f10 Method, however the process always stops before 100% and says the process couldn't be completed due to a I/O error.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I've also tried booting from a windows media disk however I lost my bios password...</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I tried to remove the bios password with hardware modification by removing the cmos battery for a couple minutes and putting it back in but that didn't work.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Any solutions?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Help is greatly appreciated, as my notebook is pretty much my life.</P> Tue, 12 Aug 2014 19:47:16 GMT http://community.acer.com/t5/Notebooks-Netbooks/Cannot-restore-to-Factory-Defaults/m-p/278628#M43960 Kyrus 2014-08-12T19:47:16Z